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Ethereum Cookbook

By : Manoj P R
Book Image

Ethereum Cookbook

By: Manoj P R

Overview of this book

Ethereum and Blockchain will change the way software is built for business transactions. Most industries have been looking to leverage these new technologies to gain efficiencies and create new business models and opportunities. The Ethereum Cookbook covers various solutions such as setting up Ethereum, writing smart contracts, and creating tokens, among others. You’ll learn about the security vulnerabilities, along with other protocols of Ethereum. Once you have understood the basics, you’ll move on to exploring various design decisions and tips to make your application scalable and secure. In addition to this, you’ll work with various Ethereum packages such as Truffle, Web3, and Ganache. By the end of this book, you’ll have comprehensively grasped the Ethereum principles and ecosystem.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Using Vyper to write smart contracts

Vyper is a new programming language that compiles to EVM bytecode. It is an experimental language developed with the goal of increasing simplicity, security, and auditability. Vyper also includes additional features such as overflow checking, decimal fixed-point numbers, support for more data types, and much more.

In this recipe, you will learn to write better smart contracts using Vyper and its new features.

Getting ready

Vyper can only be built if you have Python 3.6 or higher installed in your system. It is also recommended to set up a virtual Python environment so that package installments are isolated. Run the following commands to create a Python environment:

virtualenv -p python3...